The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 21, 1953, Page 7

History Of The American Legion And Its ' Activities In The Nation And In Key West | By JOHN W. MILLER Adjutant of The Key West Honor Guard This is American Legion Week in Key West, and all over the world, and it behooves all of us te know more about the Legion. It is an organization founded by fighting men overseas. from the comradeship at arms of- the members of the First Ameri-| ean Expeditionary forces at the end of World War I. These men Were seeking to preserve the friendships formed in the training camps and on the fields of battle. Some 500 delegates representing the various outfits of the AEF met at the Cirque de Paris h 15 to 17, 1619 to discuss t ganiza- tion of American veterans. They hose the name American Legion for the organization, but left the details to be completed at another caucus to be held in the United States. This second caucus was held in St. Louis, Mo., May 8 to 10, 1919 with some 1000 delegates in at- tendance from all over the United States. At this meeting a constitu- tion was adopted, by-laws were drafted, and Minneapolis, Minn., was decided upon as the site of the first national convention to be held in November, 1919. Many years after the inception of the Legion, Pope Pius XII told a group of Legionnaires at Vatican! City that “there is a grim bond uniting your members, forged in the unspeakable horrors of war, It sprang} strengthened. and memories of heroism, unselfish- Parochial school pupils an under- ness, affection and devotion.” | standing that good will and en- | The Pontiff put his finger on the | during peace can only be built strong attraction which has drawn on the good character of men and millions of American veterans! women. | into the American Legion. It start-| The American Legion Junior }ed with the warm handclasp of! Baseball is one of the ways we the homeward-bound fighting men|seek to teach teen-age boys the and was nursed through its cradle/ qualities of teamwork, fair play, days by warm hearts of purpose. pect, we view this enterprise as THE LEGION LOCALLY j Vastly successful. At the St. Louis caucus, the | A most effective youth training bond of unity was consecrated by | program designed to interest teen- a recognition of sacred obliga-| age boys in the principles of good tions which gave purpose and/ government is the Boys’ State direction to a pleasant associa-|program. In this program, the tion devoted to mutual helpful- | boys learn by doing. ness. | Each Boys’ State is organized The American Legion has now jnto cities and counties to make grown to be the largest veterans|a mythical 49th state. The boys society in all history -- three mil-| then form two political parties, lion strong. |adopt platforms, nominate candi- Since the start of the American | dates and elect government offi- Legion in Key West, the Post has/cials. In this way they learn how tried to establish and maintain a|the people govern themselves in good reputation; to be of service | free America and how much. good in the community; to help out in’ government depends on the indi- any way possible for the good of | vidual. the community. To this end the} Through the National American Arthur Sawyer Post kas tried to | Legion Oratorical Contest we seek help school children as follows: |to stimulate the study of the Am Believing that the grade schools erican Constitution and the Bil! are an important field in which |of Rights. youth should be trained in quali-; During 1952 more than 300,000 ties of honor, courage, scholar- students entered the annual high ship, service, leadership, compan- | school oratorical ccatest. ionship and character, we an-, In these and other ways the nually award medals to youngs-|Legion seeks always to preserve ters who have distinguished them-|the principles of democracy and gelves in showing these traits |to make them clear and mean- |’ Through these medal awards, |ingful to the youth of America. Taft Asks New Survey “As To Head Dental Colorful Pageant Is U.S. Military Needs Now By JACK BELL and RUSSELL BRINES WASHINGTON « — Sen. Taft (R-Ohio) called Friday for a fresh | ing, a sharp curtailment of mili- | by the Navy Mutual Aid Associa-! survey of U. S. military needs in the light of President Eisenhower's assertion that the nation can’t slow | its combat strength buildup. The Ohioan, the Senate’s Repub- lican leader, said in an interview he believes little can be done im- " mediately toward altering the mil- itary program outlined by former * President Truman in his 46 bil- lion dollar budget request. But Taft said he thinks a com- plete resurvey by the new admin- istration of overall armed serv- ices requirements is in order. He indicated this should go far be- yond present effurts to rejuggle the Truman program. “I think we have got to look at the whole picture and see what needs to be done,” he observed. Rep. Short (R-Mo)- said tighter management could cut billions of dollars from defense costs—the only way, he said, to reduce ex- penditures without impairing pre- paredness. Short, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said in a separate interview the solu- tion is to “squeeze the water” out of defense spending by tighter supervision and better long-range “The measure of strength,” he said, “is not how many billions of dollars you spend but how many armed and trained divisions you have ready.” Short said ‘vast savings” could be made by better management of military procurement and by standardizing the items used com- monly by all services Taft said he believes overhead or administrative ecoromies sug- gested by Eisenhower at a White House news conierence yesterday ean account for some sizeable savings. The Presiient said the nation could not reduce its com bat strength, and that he was try- ing to get adequate defense for fewer doltars, * Some other legislators doubted that enough administrative reduc. tions will be feund to balance a budget” Truman predicted would take the country nearly 10 billion dollats further into the red in the year beginning July 1 Sen’ Young (R-ND). an Appropri ations Committee momber, said he dgubls that even severe trimming im adniinistrative costs will yield emough econ “VUatil we sistance fr nilitary as jons level of Officer Here Has New Post | It has recently been announced ficient reduction in military over- head to balance the budget.” | Short cited, as one possible sav- tary travel—what he termed “‘need- | tion in W. jless shuttling of men from one|_, 7 wi: |end of the country to the other.” [camara BEE hes USN; He noted-that; stout: al: billions }smuomes st the’ “Naval | Station were earmarked in ‘Truman's de- | Dispensary has heen elected Non- fense budget for military person- | resident alana oon nel and operation and maintenance, ee SE Aee WAP Hen ee beaneny cin and said: “These and other items| "7. lrepresent fixed costs which can _The Navy Mutual Aid Associa- |not be reduced without reducing tion, & nonprofit, sor apie total strength.” association established in Major procurement — for air-!With the concurrence and appro |planes and tanks and similar wea-|V@! of the Secretazy of the Navy pons—totaled 17 bilKons in the Tru. |for the purpose of aiding depen |man budget dents of deceased officer person- | “If we reduce that.” Short said, jnel, has again reopened member- hes, ship. | aeunavecto be SAREE tet For the present, membership is . limited to permanently commis- M hi El d sioned and warrant efficers of the | Regular Navy who have com- | Machin ecte pleted 7 years’ active commis- VFW H d F sioned or warrant service in the ead ror | ° Y Coming ear Although the number of surviv ing members as of the end of Election of officers was held | 1952, was 10,375, the highest in recently at the Post Home forthe history of the Association, |M. Machin, Commander; Aibert|Guard now eligible for member- |Smith, Senior Vice Commander; | ship. ‘Carlton Smith, Quartermaster; J.| Large |Y. Porter, I, Judge Advocate; | |L. Lee, Trustee. Installation of of- | Burns at the Navai Station Dis- \ficers will be held sometime in | pensary | April at the Post Home on Eliza- | beth Street. ashington, D. C. that volume means |Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, and are nut over 45% years of age. |the Veterans of Foreign Wars | statistics show that there are still ; Southernmost Post No. -3911. Offi-| more than 25,000 officers of the cers elected for 1953 are: Charles | Navy, Marine Corps and Coast simply {Grady Woods, Pest Surgeon; |tion and lower per capita cost Frank Aritas, Post Chaplain; Je-| All eligible for meinbership are rome A. Quinn, Trustee and Lacy | requested to contact Captain Ocean steamers can miles up the Amazon sail 2,000 When. radio broadcasting first | ae started in the 1920s, stations all] |! The hippopotamus Hy operated on one 306 meter wave under water but air even length. when sleeping rise fot Malenkov Resigns Old Post In Official Plenary Session By THOMAS P. WHITNEY MOSCOW ® — Prime Minister Georgi M. Malenkov, new chief of the Soviet government, has re signed his post as secretary of the Russian Communist party's power: ful Central Committee. A five-man a headed by former party bess Nikita S takes over ounced today d v's nev i a plenary session of the ral Committee accepted Mal- ignation March 14 incement made it clear Peter Pospelo who long Lenin I f the Red p ai Shatalin p to the Secret Ign Sevyon peared to ex was given the lead p of s member Pres sti! headed by party Pres A nbers of the listed today— der of impor N sie torun-chief of e rth Caveasus and recently Pravda whe can be considered ants greater stability for the Associa- | purified by!we seek to promote in public and | and unity) and sportsmanship. In this res-! LUS Sesurday, March 21, 1953 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 3 | WEATHERMAN Tax Cuts May Be Postponed By Delay In Writing Bills Says West and Vicinity: Partly and warm today through ; isolated showers. Mod- fresh southeasterly winds. SMALL CRAFT WARNINGS DIS- Sunday, except for considerable cloudiness with chance for few showers in extreme north portion Rising temperatures in Jacksonville through the Florida ‘Straits and East Gulf of Mexico: Moderate northeast to east winds over north portion today. Other- wise moderate east to southeast winds becoming southeast to south Sunday and increasing to occa- sionally fresh by Sunday after- noon. Partly cloudy weather. Western Caribbean: Moderate ‘leasterly winds fresh over extreme } CiOUS LAVONDA SAWYER will be, among those vieing for the crown of Miss Key West at the Elks Club Dance tonight. Planned ‘For Easter Sunrise Service | | . | Ministerial Assoc. | Sponsors Unique | Easter Service | Mrs. J. Paul Touchton announc- es that plans are working out for a different and unique sunrise service on Easter at the Monroe County Park. A colorful pageant called the ‘Easter Story” is to be present- of charatters drawn nt churches of the hers of church and chora groups from he public schools also participate The Rev. J. Paul Touchton will act tor as the story un- | folds in vivid pantomime of cha- racter action,and background of song A rehearsal of ali participants will take place at the park, Sun- dat afternoon, March 29, at 3:00. This event is sponsored by the Key West Ministeriai Association. Plans are also: being worked out for the community Good Fri- day service which will be held at the First Congregational Church from 12:00 noon to 3:00 asn musical numbers are eing arranged by Gerald Saun- ders and ministers from various churches of the city will speak ‘using “The Seven Last Words” of Christ on the cross. People are free to come for any part of the service and leave at any time they wish In view of the terrible uncer- of world conditions today, large attendance at rvice anticipated. The of old has a timely word our day: “God is our refuge trength. a very present help fore we will, not rd of hosts is with Test Flight For Biggest Blimp Ce an this Psal fc A crew of 13 rp. personnel nutes yesterday t of the biggest report of her le, the big make the d as ZP2N odel of 24 feet long and cubic feet of SLEEPING PILLS MISUSED vf the city will | us; the God of Jacob is our re- fuge.” President Dwight D. Eisenhow- jer has said: “This is what I found religion. It gives you cour- jage to make the a you ,must make in a crisis and then \the confidence to: leave the re- sult to a higher power. Only by trust in God can a man ¢arry- ing responsibilities find repose.” | TEMPERATURES AT 7:30 AM, EST | Atlanta Augusta ‘Billings | Birmingham . Buffalo Charleston Chicago ... Corpus Christi Denver Detroit El Paso Ft. Worth Galveston Jacksonville .. | Kansas City KEY WEST Los Angeles Louisville Meridian | Miami Minneapolis Memphis New Orleans ... New York | Norfolk Oklahoma Cit; | Omaha ............ | Pensacola | Pittsburgh | Roanoke St. Louis ...... San Antonio .......... San Francisco . | Seattle | Tallahi | Tampa Washington { . 41} . 6 5 = @| . 42} . 38! 10! \ see . south portion. Weather generally fair through Sunday. Observations taken at City Office Key West, Fla., Mar. 21, 1953 9:00 A.M. EST ‘Temperatures Highest yesterday . Lowest last night Mean Normal . 86 Precipitation Total last 24 hours . Total this month . Deficiency this month Total this year .. Excess this year .. Relative Humidity at 8:00 A.M. 12% Barometer (Sea Level) 9:00 A.M. 30.00 ins.—1015.9 mbs. 7:17 a.m. 10:26 p.m. + 3:40 a.m, 2:28 p.m. 000 ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Time of Height of 9.0 ft Honde (bridge) ———oh 10m No Name Key (east end) —+2h 20m Boca Chica Station— Sandy Pt.) Caldes Channel (north end) —oh 40m {+)—Plus sign: Corrections to be added. Subscribe to The Citizes AANA ANE ONRE I3 TWINS GARAGE Means QUALITY AUTO p Bepriwe PAINTING At the RIGHT PRICE NEW STUDEBAKER CARS AND TRUCKS FOR REPAIR APPOINTMENT AUTO DEMONSTRATION Come By 1130 DUVAL STREET or DIAL 2.2401 SAVE sss 1) are betraying Tide high water | BODY WORK | |BDOG RACING 39| Mean Maximum Economy | by CHARLES F. BARRETT WASHINGTON \—House lead- ers indicated Friday that delays in writing appropriations bills may postpone floor action on tax cuts for several months. Chairman Taber (R-NY) of the House Appropriations Committee a chance in the world” that the big defense spending bills can be brought to the House floor before May 25. tion is ready for a vote. This raised a prospect that floor jaction will be delayed similarly on a tax trimming bill being urged by Chairman Reed (R-NY) of the Ways and Means Committee. Reed’s bill would advance by six months—from Dec. 31 to June 30— a 10 per cent scheduled in per- jsonal income tax rates. Any further delay in action on |Reed’s bill would add new fire to be feud between him and Republi- can leaders, including President Eisenhower, over the legislation. Reed charged, in effect, Thurs- |who oppose early; tax cut action their campaign | Pledges. He termed it “unfair, dis- false pretenses a shocking dis- .| regard of the will of a sovereign | . | people.”” Eisenhower told a news confer- .|ence several weeks ago he never . {Promised early iax cuts but had | set tax reduction as a goal for his adminigtration. House leaders have stressed— and Eisenhower reiterated Thurs- day—that tax reduction moves should be held off until spending is cut and a balanced budget is in sight. Defense and foreign aid are the "|two major items in determining . jthe size of the new budget. If House j decisions in these fields are de- layed until late May or June, the road would be cleared for waiting until then, or later, for action on taxes. Reed yielded Thursday on one {point. He said he will have to | | DIAL said in an interview “there's not! And it will be June, he added, } before the foreign aid appropria-/| jday that Eisenhower and others ! honest and gaining office under | | DION AUTO SERVICE await a decision by the House Rules Committee on bringing his bill to the House floor, with amend- ments prohibited there. Earlier he had announced he would use privilege as ways and means man to force his bill to the by April 15—but it would wide open to amendments. Eisenhower told his news con- ference yesterday he doesn't want to lose any tax revenue this year, a stand Senate Republican Leader excess business profits tax die June 30. Taft said in a: television broad- cast last night that it might be Possible to cut taxes 10 billion dol- lars in 1954 if Congress doesn’t bring on a deficit by acting too hastily this year. Eisenhower also said he opposes letting the excess profits tax ex- | pire June 30, as scheduled under present law, unless new revenue is found to make up the loss. Reed jis dead set against any extension jof the excess profits tax or any |type of increase to substitute for it, ; Subscribe to The Citizen CARD OF THANKS Our home is enveloped in a very j dark cloud of sorrow, because of the death of our dear one, Geneva Roberts, but through the dark cloud often we behold many ‘sun- beams, reflecting the sympathetic , Words and kindly ministrations of friends and neighbors. We are very Srateful. We would like to convey personally our sentiment of grati- tude to each and all to whom our thanks are due, but we fear that in the payment of our thanks many deserving ones might be overlook- ed, and so we publish this acknowl- edgment in The Citizen, in the |earnest hope that it’ may be re- ceived as personal by each and all to whom we are obligated. We especially thank those who sent | floral pieces and gave the use of | their cars. | THE FAMILY. ! 2.2641 WHITE AND FLEMING STREETS Bear Front End Alignment Wheel Balancing | Motor Analyzing and Generator Repairs Lubrication | | TONIG MARA Tune-Up - Starter and - Radiator Cleaning and Spraying Jiffy Car Washing Modern Equipment STANDARD OIL PRODUCTS Post Time HT sispm THON 3/8 MILE ee STOCK ISLAND. SF us. KEY WEST KENNEL CLUB TRANSPORTATION TO TRACK LEAVE IN FRONT OF STRAND THEATRE ADMISSION... The Me Miners